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《英国医生杂志》
Gates announces $83m for research into TB vaccine: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced an $82.9m (￡43.9m; 64.9m) grant to the Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation, based in Bethesda, Maryland, to support development of new vaccines to prevent tuberculosis, which kills nearly two million people a year.
Maggots on prescription: A decision by the Prescription Pricing Authority means that GPs will be able to prescribe sterile maggots of the common greenbottle Lucilia sericata for the treatment of all types of infected and necrotic wounds for patients in the community. The maggots, marketed under the tradename LarvE, are produced by the Biosurgical Research Unit in Bridgend, south Wales, which is part of the Bro Morgannwg NHS Trust.
Both life expectancy and infant mortality rise in the United States: Overall life expectancy in the United States reached a new high of 77.4 years in 2002, up from 77.2 in 2001, the National Center for Health Statistics has reported. But infant mortality also increased—from a rate of 6.8 infant deaths per 1000 live births in 2001 to a rate of 7.0 per 1000 births in 2002.
CHI seeks views of children and young people: The Commission for Health Improvement (CHI) is planning to ask more than 120 000 young patients, and their parents or carers, for their views on the NHS services they have received. The results will provide feedback for trusts about the quality of their care and will also be used by CHI in future inspections. More information can be found at www.nhssurveys.org
Nurse held after patients develop breathing problems: A 23 year old male nurse was arrested last week after 10 patients in his care developed breathing difficulties without an obvious cause. The man, who was later released on police bail, has been suspended from his job at the 200 bed Horton Hospital in Banbury, Oxfordshire, pending an investigation.
Maggots on prescription: A decision by the Prescription Pricing Authority means that GPs will be able to prescribe sterile maggots of the common greenbottle Lucilia sericata for the treatment of all types of infected and necrotic wounds for patients in the community. The maggots, marketed under the tradename LarvE, are produced by the Biosurgical Research Unit in Bridgend, south Wales, which is part of the Bro Morgannwg NHS Trust.
Both life expectancy and infant mortality rise in the United States: Overall life expectancy in the United States reached a new high of 77.4 years in 2002, up from 77.2 in 2001, the National Center for Health Statistics has reported. But infant mortality also increased—from a rate of 6.8 infant deaths per 1000 live births in 2001 to a rate of 7.0 per 1000 births in 2002.
CHI seeks views of children and young people: The Commission for Health Improvement (CHI) is planning to ask more than 120 000 young patients, and their parents or carers, for their views on the NHS services they have received. The results will provide feedback for trusts about the quality of their care and will also be used by CHI in future inspections. More information can be found at www.nhssurveys.org
Nurse held after patients develop breathing problems: A 23 year old male nurse was arrested last week after 10 patients in his care developed breathing difficulties without an obvious cause. The man, who was later released on police bail, has been suspended from his job at the 200 bed Horton Hospital in Banbury, Oxfordshire, pending an investigation.